War of words intensifies!
Updated On: 28 November, 2010 12:43 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
There is an intense battle on between English and Australian media on the sidelines of the Ashes
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There is an intense battle on between English and Australian media on the sidelines of the Ashes
A fellow journalist who works for The Australian newspaper recently wrote: "England only loves the Ashes when it wins them: for Australia the opposite seems to apply".
To which one may add: Ditto, ditto the media of the two countries, currently embroiled in a dog-eat-dog newspaper 'jihad' on the sidelines of the Ashes.
Reportage in the English media following England's trials and tribulations on Day One of the ongoing first Test at Brisbane's Gabba has had the Australian media in splits on its sports pages.
"They brashly declared victory before the first ball had been bowled, but England's bragging was quickly silenced after the day's play", Sydney's The Telegraph exulted after the cocky tourists had been bundled out for a pedestrian 260 on a wicket that held no devils.
It quotes London's normally staid The Telegraph newspaper as jumping into the fray with the chauvinistic headline: "May the best team win (so long as it's England).
London's Daily Mirror, ostensibly punch-drunk after England's recent impressive performances, saucily challenged: "Bring on Those Saggy Greens" in a swipe at Australia's much-ballyhooed traditional baggy green cap.
A fellow journalist who works for The Australian newspaper recently wrote: "England only loves the Ashes when it wins them: for Australia the opposite seems to apply".To which one may add: Ditto, ditto the media of the two countries, currently embroiled in a dog-eat-dog newspaper 'jihad' on the sidelines of the Ashes.
Reportage in the English media following England's trials and tribulations on Day One of the ongoing first Test at Brisbane's Gabba has had the Australian media in splits on its sports pages.
"They brashly declared victory before the first ball had been bowled, but England's bragging was quickly silenced after the day's play", Sydney's The Telegraph exulted after the cocky tourists had been bundled out for a pedestrian 260 on a wicket that held no devils.
It quotes London's normally staid The Telegraph newspaper as jumping into the fray with the chauvinistic headline: "May the best team win (so long as it's England).
London's Daily Mirror, ostensibly punch-drunk after England's recent impressive performances, saucily challenged: "Bring on Those Saggy Greens" in a swipe at Australia's much-ballyhooed traditional baggy green cap.
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